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ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice

DRUM-PD: The use of a drum circle to improve the symptoms and signs of Parkinson's disease (PD).

Alexander Pantelyat, Candace Syres, Suzanne Reichwein, Allison Willis

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Article in Movement disorders clinical practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05157074 (Drum-PD/HD), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05157074 nacompletednot on this map

Drum-PD/HD: The Impact of Group Drum-Based Music Therapy Intervention on Quality of Life and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorJohns Hopkins UniversityRan2019 to 2019Enrolled18ConditionsParkinson Disease, Huntington DiseaseArmsGroup Drumming Music Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. If Art Were a Drug: Implications for Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024
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  12. Research Progress of Music Therapy on Gait Intervention in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Music Therapy and Music-Based Interventions for Movement Disorders.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander PantelyatDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Candace SyresParkinson Disease and Movement Disorder Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Suzanne ReichweinParkinson Disease and Movement Disorder Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Allison WillisParkinson Disease and Movement Disorder Center at the University of Pennsylvania; Department of Neurology, University Perelman School of Medicine; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
University of Pennsylvania · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Parkinson Disease Disparities and OutcomesK23NS081087 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIS, ALLISON · 2012 to 2015
$669k
NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS081087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical therapy can improve motor function in patients with PD. Music performance may be used to improve motor skills by rhythmic entrainment. Drumming has long been a part of traditional healing rituals worldwide, and is increasingly being utilized as a therapeutic strategy.

methodsThis pilot controlled prospective cohort trial assessed feasibility and effects of twice-weekly group West African drum circle classes for 6 weeks on PD patients' quality of life, symptoms, motor findings, cognition, and mood. Ten patients with PD were recruited into the drum circle group. Ten patients with PD were matched pairwise to each of the drum circle participants, and enrolled in a no-intervention control group. Both groups completed the PD-specific Parkinson Disease Questionnaire (PDQ)-39 quality of life assessment and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and underwent motor and cognitive assessments by a rater blinded to group at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks.

resultsDrummers had significantly improved PDQ-39 scores from baseline to 6 weeks (-5.8, p=0.042), whereas the control group's scores were unchanged. Walking performance was significantly faster at baseline for controls; after 6 weeks of drumming this difference was no longer significant, and remained non-significant at 12 weeks. The drummers trended (p=0.069) toward improvement in walking from baseline to 12 weeks. Other outcomes did not significantly change from baseline to 6 or 12 weeks.

conclusionsDrum circle classes significantly and reversibly improved quality of life in patients with PD. This pilot trial's findings merit larger controlled investigations comparing drumming classes to established interventions in PD, such as physical therapy.

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group therapymusic-based interventionsParkinson diseaserhythmic entrainment

Identifiers

PMID27340683
PMCPMC4914050
OpenAlexW2216346836

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